Abstract
In this work, an attempt has been made to design an Electro Cardio Gram (ECG) and Photo Plethysmo Gram (PPG) based telemedicine system for rural health care. In India as per the survey conducted by Indian Medical Society in the year 2009, it has been revealed that only 2% of the qualified doctors practice in rural areas. Also, according to the statistics taken by the World Health Organization, every year an estimated 17 million people die of various cardio vascular diseases. This paper introduces the transmission of ECG and PULSE from remote areas to the specialists’ office. The ECG and PPG signals are acquired, digitized and processed using LabVIEW for detection of heart and pulse rate. These data are transmitted using two methods namely Web publishing tool and Shared Variables. The results confirm the transfer of data with less than millisecond delay.
Highlights
Telemedicine is the process of communication of healthcare related information from one place to another in the form of interactive audio visual media
This paper introduces the transmission of Electro Cardio Gram (ECG) and PULSE from remote areas to the specialists’ office
The ECG and Photo Plethysmo Gram (PPG) VIs have been combined into a single Telemedicine System using Sub-VIs in LabVIEW
Summary
Telemedicine is the process of communication of healthcare related information from one place to another in the form of interactive audio visual media. The rapid advancements in information and communication technology can be used to bridge the rural urban divide. This technique proves to be very important during life threatening situations and in places with lack of availability of specialists. Various methods of transmission of physiological data have been carried out previously. One such system uses Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) to transmit data via Bluetooth [1]. Another system uses a wearable vital sign monitor that consists of a transmitter. The transmission has been achieved using RF transmitter and receiver with slotted ALOHA for access by multiple users [3]
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